Senior Manager – Engineering & Maintenance

Pramod Confectionary And Food Industries Limited; Patna; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Pramod Confectionary And Food Industries Limited seeks a Senior Manager / Head of Engineering & Maintenance to lead the entire engineering, maintenance and utilities function across food manufacturing facilities and large-scale kitchens.

You will drive high equipment availability, safe operations and preventive/predictive maintenance, while managing engineering projects, automation, budgets and vendor relationships in sweets, namkeen and bakery operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10–15+ years of experience in engineering and maintenance within FMCG food manufacturing.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering: B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical/Electrical or related field.
• Experience leading maintenance, CAPEX projects and automation in sweets, namkeen, bakery or central kitchens.

Responsibilities

• Lead complete engineering and maintenance operations across manufacturing plants and large kitchens.
• Ensure maximum availability and reliability of production machinery and utilities.
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance schedules (PM/CBM).
• Minimize downtime, breakdown frequency and maintenance costs.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Establish SOPs, maintenance checklists and machine history records.

Skills

Sweets machinery

Namkeen machinery

Central kitchen equipment

Education

B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical/Electrical

Job description

Senior Manager / Head – Engineering & Maintenance

Food Manufacturing | Sweets | Namkeen | Bakery | Central Kitchen

Department: Engineering & Maintenance

Industry: FMCG | Sweets | Namkeen | Bakery | Food Processing | Restaurants

Location: Gaya, Patna Bihar

Experience: 10–15+ Years

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical/Electrical/Relevant Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

Role Purpose

Pramod Group is looking for an experienced Senior Manager / Head – Engineering & Maintenance to lead the complete engineering, maintenance and utilities function across our food manufacturing facilities and large-scale kitchens. The role will be responsible for ensuring high equipment availability, minimal breakdowns, safe operations, preventive/predictive maintenance, utility efficiency, engineering projects, automation and maintenance of machinery used in sweets, namkeen, bakery and high-volume commercial kitchen operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead complete Engineering & Maintenance operations across manufacturing plants and central/large kitchens.
• Ensure maximum availability and reliability of all production machinery and utilities.
• Develop and implement Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, TBM and CBM schedules.
• Minimize production downtime, breakdown frequency and maintenance costs.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis for major breakdowns and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Establish SOPs, maintenance checklists, machine history records and engineering documentation.
• Monitor MTBF, MTTR, breakdown %, PM compliance and equipment availability.
• Manage CAPEX/OPEX budgets, engineering projects, machine installation and commissioning.
• Lead greenfield, brownfield, capacity-expansion and plant-modernization projects.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Purchase, Stores, EHS, Projects and Operations.
• Manage engineering vendors, contractors, AMC/service providers and equipment manufacturers.
• Optimize energy consumption, utility cost and maintenance expenditure.
• Build and manage a strong team of engineers, technicians, electricians, fitters and utility operators.
• The reference profile similarly includes project commissioning, utility equipment, budgeting, vendors, contractors and engineering project management.

Required Skills

Machinery Exposure Required

1. Sweets Manufacturing Machinery

• The candidate should have experience in maintenance, troubleshooting, installation or operation support for machinery such as:
• Automatic/semi-automatic khoa/mawa making machines
• Steam-jacketed kettles
• Milk boiling and milk-processing systems
• Steam kettles and tilting kettles
• Continuous milk evaporators
• Bulk milk coolers
• Paneer/chhena processing equipment
• Rasgulla/Gulab Jamun production systems
• Laddu-making / portioning / forming machines
• Boondi-making systems
• Automatic frying systems
• Sugar syrup preparation tanks
• Syrup filtration and circulation systems
• Mixing and blending equipment
• Sweet cutting machines
• Sweet forming, depositing and portioning machines
• Automatic weighing systems
• Tray handling and cooling systems
• Vacuum cooking systems
• Continuous cooking systems
• Steam cooking equipment
• Refrigerated storage and cold rooms
• Blast chillers/freezers where applicable
• Sweet packaging machines
• Vacuum packing machines
• MAP packaging equipment
• Flow-wrap machines
• Tray-sealing machines
• Coding and labelling machines
• Metal detectors and checkweighers

2. Namkeen & Snacks Manufacturing Machinery

• Strong exposure preferred to:
• Automatic/semi-automatic namkeen production lines
• Continuous fryers
• Batch fryers
• Potato chips lines
• Pellet/snack frying systems
• Extruders
• Sev/bhujia machines
• Namkeen extrusion machines
• Dough mixers
• Automatic sheeters
• Frying oil filtration systems
• Oil circulation systems
• Seasoning drums
• Flavour applicators
• Masala coating systems
• Mixing/blending systems
• Cooling conveyors
• Bucket elevators
• Conveyors
• Multi-head weighing machines
• VFFS packaging machines
• Nitrogen flushing systems
• Automatic pouch packing machines
• Checkweighers
• Metal detectors
• Carton sealing/secondary packaging equipment

3. Large Commercial / Central Kitchen Equipment

• Because Pramod Group also operates restaurant and food-service businesses, the candidate should be comfortable managing equipment used in high-volume central kitchens and large restaurant kitchens, including:
• Large steam-jacketed cooking kettles
• Tilting boiling pans
• Tilting bratt pans
• Bulk cooking vessels
• Commercial induction ranges
• Heavy-duty gas ranges
• Stock pot ranges
• Commercial fryers
• Bulk deep fryers
• Tandoors
• Commercial ovens
• Combi ovens
• Deck ovens
• Convection ovens
• Dough kneaders
• Planetary mixers
• Vegetable cutting machines
• Potato peelers
• Food processors
• Commercial grinders
• Wet grinders
• Masala grinders
• Pulverizers
• Commercial mixers/blenders
• Chapati/roti machines
• Rice boilers
• Steamers
• Bain-marie/hot-holding systems
• Food warming equipment
• Commercial dishwashers
• Pot-washing systems
• Kitchen exhaust and ventilation systems
• Fresh-air and make-up-air systems
• Kitchen fire suppression systems
• Grease traps and drainage systems
• Walk

The ideal candidate should have strong hands‑on experience in:

Sweets Manufacturing:

Khoa/mawa systems, steam-jacketed kettles, milk-processing equipment, syrup systems, laddu/boondi equipment, automatic fryers, cooling, refrigeration and packaging.

Namkeen Manufacturing:

Continuous/batch fryers, sev/bhujia lines, extruders, seasoning drums, oil filtration, conveyors, weighing and automatic packaging lines.

Large Kitchens:

Bulk cooking kettles, tilting pans, fryers, ovens, tandoors, mixers, grinders, steamers, refrigeration, cold rooms, kitchen ventilation and commercial kitchen equipment.

Plant Utilities:

Boiler, refrigeration, HVAC, compressors, DG, transformers, HT/LT panels, PLC/SCADA, ETP/STP/WTP and fire systems.

The candidate should also have experience in Preventive/Predictive Maintenance, RCA, CAPEX projects, installation & commissioning, automation, energy conservation, budgeting, vendor management and engineering-team leadership.